Harvey Emmett Parkerson III, 27

Marines, Sergeant

Based: Camp Pendleton

Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)

Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Died: August 18, 2004

Najaf, Iraq

Married, 2 children

Gender: Male

Hometown: Yuba City

High School: Orland High (Orland)

Burial: Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego

Parkerson was killed during his second tour of duty in Iraq. He came home from his first tour the day after his younger son was born. His father served in the Marines in Vietnam.

Nicanor Angel Alvarez, 08/21/2004

Geoffrey Perez, 08/15/2004

Nine memories of Harvey Emmett Parkerson III

“

"When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,0

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit-

Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a fellow turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out.

Don't give up though the pace seems slow -

You may succeed with another blow. Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a faint and faltering man;

Often the struggler has given up

Whe he might have captured the victor's cup;

And he learned too late when the night came down,

How close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out -

The silver tint in the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It might be near when it seems afar;

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -

It's when things seem worst that you must not quit. "
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Harvey you will always be in the thoughts of the Orland Wrestling Family.

” — Victor Perry, June 5, 2009 at 7:20 a.m.

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